THE BEE: OMAHA, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1919.
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DOLLARS TAKEN
IN 1 9 ROBBERIES
Eight Holdups ana hour
Cases of Pocket-Pick- .
ing in Omaha and .
H". Bluffs.
Burglars, highwaymen and pick
pockets waged a two nights' cam
paign of crime in Omaha and Coun
cil Bluffs over Christmas.' Nineteen
robberies, eight holdups and four
cases of pocket pilfering were re
ported to police of both cities. from
Wednesday night to Friday morn
ing ....
The loot obtained by criminals in
the two nights will run into the
thousands of dollars.
Several hundred dollars worth of
jewelry and clothes which were sto
len in the recent apartment house
robberies in the vicinity of Twenty-
covered Thursday with the arrest of
two youths giving their names as
Klmer Clovely, 17 years old. and
Darwin Howard, 16 years old, both
of Chicago. .
- Jewelry is Identified.
sBoth were arrested in a rooming
house at Twenty-second and Howard
streets. -
Most o the jewelry found in thei.
possession ' was identified yesterday
as the rioperty of H. L. Messner,
apartment . No. 3, 2217 Howard
street, and" A. M. Sorenson. apart
ment No. 114, Drake Court, Twenty
second and Jones streets, whose
homes were robbed last Monday
iueht
Clovely and Howard were traced
by Detectives Dolan and Hagerman
t'.-ough the finding of a torn card,
pcciden'ai.y left by robbers in their
probable hurry jto escape out of .the
apartment .occupied by. the Soren
sons. The card bore a taxicub ad
vertisement. Frank Callaha.j, taxi
chauffeur was Jpp ted through the
tard and gave detectives an accurate
description of the two men whom"
Ik- drove from one, apartment house
to another in the vicinity of Twenty-'g-cond
and Jones streets last Mon
day afternoon.
Upon the description of the two
men the detectives arrested Clovely
i.nd Howard. A gun found in
Clovelv's possession wa identified
as thafstolen out of the apartment
occupied by Messner, 1
. ' ' Robbed Near Home.
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lwc Highwaymen ne,a UP ana
robbed J. F. Lytle, Eighteenth and
Webster streets, of $15 - and three
slk ties, at 1:30 a. m. yesterday in
front of his home, according tc a re
port to police. Lytle said the ties
had been givea to him as Christmas
gifts. ''..
VV. Duke, living in a bunk car on
the Burlington railroad near River
view park, was held up and robbed
by two masked' robbers near Twen-ty-fourth-'and
Hickory streets la'e
Thursday night. The highwaymen
cbtained $26. r
"Merry, Christmas and throw up
your hands." was the cheerful greet
ing received by Tony Mensh'k, for
the commission firms in the Ex
change building on the South Side,
ashe was passing over the O street
viaduct on -his way home, Menshik
was relieved of a watch and about
$30. ''
. A bluff was successful in saving
$19 in currency and several checks
from two highwaymen who held up
A. R. Groto at Thirty-second and
Dodge streets, Wednesday night
about 10:30. Mr. Groh was walking
to his home, 140 North Thirty
fourth' street, when he suddenly
found a revolver pointed at his chest
and heard a gruff command to "stick
'em up." v
Wallet is Overlooked.
He complied with, the command.
"AH I've got is some silver in my
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Is Theresa Way Out of War
Between Capital and Labor?
Ray Stannard Baker Thinks There Is.
Read His First Story in The Bee
Sunday.
SUNDAY The Bee will print the" first of a series of ar
ticles by Ray Stannard Baker, who is generally
known as the best reporter in America. They will
deal with labor and capital. .
' Mr. Baker is now visiting the leading industrial cen
ters of the United States for the New York Evening Post
and The Bee. Two significant paragraphs in his first
article are:
"We are 'facing dangerous days in America; in
many ways the most dangerous in our history. A tend
ency exists among great numbers of our people to take
violent sides upon the chief problem confronting us
the relationship of capital and labor without a clear
understanding of what that problem really means or
what such a division portends.
"It is true that class feeling has been growing in
America for some years. No honest observer can have
failed to see it. . . . The sinister aspect of recent de
velopments lies in a new and powerful drift toward a
tacit and helpless acceptance of the idea of an inevitable
'head-on collision.' "
In writing this series of articles Mr. Baker's aim
will be to be absolutely impartial to either labor or capi
tal and to seek to show a way out by presenting the facts
and issues after a study of actual conditions first-hand.'
. While The Bee may not agree with all Mr. Baker
writes, it recognizes, his ability as one of the very best
newspaper writers of the present day and will print his
' articles as news ,but to be taken in no manner as the edi
torial opinion of this paper.
right hand coat pocket," he said. One
of the rpbbers proceeded to go
through his pockets. "He's got
more than that;" exclaimed the one
who. was holding the gun. "Not
after Christmas," said Mr. Groh.
The highwayman, evidently con
vinced by the argument, hastily felt
of the left hip pocket in the search.
The money was in a very thin; wal
let. .After the robbers had run down
Dodge street Mr. Groh stopped an
automobile in-' which were two
young men. They chased the high
wayjmn, but lost track of them
when they darted between bouses.
The robbers were unmasked, but
wore, caps pulled down low over
their eyes. They were about 25
years old and of medium height.
Their "haul" consisted of about $2 in
silver.. '. -
Court Upholds Siman
Language School Law
(Continued From Paga One.) ,
the public welfare, and not obnox
ious to any provisions of either the
state or federal constitution."
Important Point! in Syllabus:
The syllabus in the case covers
several important points and is as
follows: " '
1. Statutes pertaining to the same sub
ject matter should be construed together,
and this Is particularly true If tha statutes
were passed at the lame teuton ot the
legislature. "
St. The legislature must ba presumed
to have had in mind previous legislation
upon the subject, so that in the con
struction of a statute, we must consider
the pre-existing law and any other acts
relating to the same subject.
3. Where the general intent of the leg
islature may readily be discerned, yet the
language in which the law Is expressed
leaves the application ' doubtful or un
certain, the courts may have recourse to
historical facts of general public lnforma
tipn. in order to aid them la interpreting
Its provisions.
4. Since it ought never to be presumed
that the legislature Intended to violate
the constitution, a doubtful or ambiguous
statute would be so construed aa to uphold
its validity,
5. The court is entitled to take judicial
notice of the facts disclosed by the federal
selective draft law with reference to the
inablity of thousands of men, born In this
country to speak the language of their
country, or understand word of command
given In English. 1
8. The word "school" as used In ch.
24. Laws. 191. refers to and means a
school which presents a course ot study
such as, that prescribed in the compulsory
education act, and school attendance -upon
which -would satisfy the requlrments of
that act.
7. If the law should be construed to
mean that parents, or private tutors might
teach a 'foreign language, but that others
could ,not employ teachers to give such
instruction In a class or school, It would
be an invasion of presonal liberty, dis
criminative and void, there being no
reasonable ' basis of classification.
8. Ch. 240, Laws, 119, does not pro
hibit the teaching of a foreign language if
taught in addition to the regular course
of study in the elementary schools, so
ax not to interfere with the elementary
education required by law, and outside of
regular school hours durlna the renulril
period of Instruction.
. The act in question la not strictly
a penal statute, but Is mostly remedial
in it nature. It is not broader than Its
title, and net an unreasonable interference
with liberty, or property of the plaintiffs
and interveners.' .
v Attacked by Mullen. .
The Siman law, ipassed by the last
regular session or the legislature
was attacked bv Arthur F. Mullen
of Omaha, Judge A. M. Post of Co
lumbus, Mate beriator Alberts, Jo
seph Votava and J.- J. 'Sullivan, rep
resenting various clients. "Attorney
General C. A. Davis and his "assist
ants defended the constitutionality
of the law which the supreme court
has upheld.
The first cas(e brought in district
court here against the law was filed
by the Nebraska district of the
Evangelical Lutheran svnod. and
John Siedlik of St. Francis Polish
parish, South Side, intervened as
one of the plaintiffs. Bohemian and
Danish organizations also were rep
resented by counsel. -
Upheld By Judge Here. ,
Judge A. C. Wakeley of the dis
trict court upheld the law and then
an appeal was taken to the state su
preme court.
Attorney Mullen, who is -also dem
ocratic national committeemen fqr
Nebraska, led in the fight against
the "language law," setting forth r,
his briefs and oral arguments that
this law deprives persons of their
"life, liberty and pursuit of happi
ness," as guaranteed by the federal
and state constitutions; that the law
is an abridgement of religious lih
erty and a'so of mental liberty. .
"Of what use is the constitutional
provision guaranteeing free speech
if the right to study is denied? was
one of the questions asked during
the hearing before the supreme
court
Railroads Ordered to Move
Grain Shipments Held Back
Chicago, Dec. 26. R. H. Aishton,
regional director of the Northwestern
railroads, announced orders to make
every possible effort to move the
grain crop- belated by the coal strike
and other causes. He 6rderd that
railroad shops give . preference to
repair of grain cars.
AUSTRIANS ASK '
WORLDS HELP TO
STOP SLAUGHTER
Step Taken in Interest of Com
munists and Socialists
In Hungary. i
Berlin, Dec. 26. Appeals to world
workers, especially socialists in the
United, States, England, France and
Italy, asking that those governments
take steps to stop the alleged
"slaughter" of ,communists and so
cialists in Hungary, are being sent
out by the central government board
of the Austrian social democracy. It
is asserted that whereas 500 victims
were charged up to the Bela Kun
regime in Hungary, more than 10
times that number have been exe
cuted on conviction at drumhead
court martial on "flimsy warrants"
issued with alleged connivance ' of
Admiral Horthy, in command of the
Hungarian government troops at
present.' ,
Entente governments., are jointly
responsible for present occurences,
the appeal declares. They diligently
sought to protect bourgeoisie front
the "red terror," it is said, but they
are "not making any effort to halt
the counter-revolutionary rampage."
; The Vorwaerts is informed that an
ientente commission recently found
the bodies of 62 communists hanging
from trees in a patch of woods near
Budapest.
Great Emigration Tide
Sweeps Into Palestine
From All Over World
,New York, Dec. 26. A great tide
of emigration is sweeping into Pales
tine, influenced by the conviction
that Great Britain will shortly ac
cept a mandate for the Holy Land
and that the dream of a national
homeland for the Jews is about to
he realized, according to cab'e ad
vices received by the Zionist organ
ization ot AmericaThe cable mes
sages state that "the world tonfer
ence of Zionists which was scheduled
to be held at Basle January. 18 has
been postponed in view of the possi
bility of immediate negotiations for
the mandate over Palestine."
A London message received hy the
Jewish Mtning Journal stated that
peace negotiations with lurKey
would ooen shortly after the new
year and that the British delegates
would be Premier Lioya ueorge,
Lord Curzon and Arthur J. Balfour,
all three of whom have publicly de
clared their sympathy with the Zion
ist movement
Compromise Agreement in
.Fair Will Case Is Reached
Ian Francisco. Dec. 26. A com
promise, agreement in the contest
ever the will of the late Jatfies G.
Fair, former United states senator
frnm McvaHa was filed here in the
superior court, ending years of litiga
tion over the great estate.
The terms of settlement were not
made public by the persons con
nected with the case, these persons
refusing to discuss the amount.
In the agreement reached the
principal heirs of Senator Fair, who
are his daughter. Mrs. William K.
Vanderbik and Mrs. Herman Oel
richs and her son, Herman Oelrichs,
jr., of New York, concede that the
plaintiffs, seven in number, fit en
titled to be restored to their rights
under ths Fair will. ,
Lieut. Wesley Crothers, civet of
the plaintiffs in the case, started an
action about a year ago claiming
that th nnrtion of the estate which
should have gone to his mother. Mar
garet Fair crothers ot san jos., was
lost to her through the supreme
court decision which broke the Fair
will.
During the contest depositJBns
nrero tain alla'crinor that nrrptt Su
preme Court Justice Fred W. Hen-
shaw nac taken a Drme oi tuu.uuu
decision. These charges were denied
for influencing the supreme court's
categorically and in toto by Hen
shaw. Trade Unions of Britain
; . Unite to Fight Tieups
London, Dec. , 26. Seven of the
largest trade unions in Great Britain
have inaugurated a movement aim
ing at the prevention of unauthoriz
ed strikes. It is declared the move
ment is sponsored by the National
Union of General Workers, repre
senting an enormous" membership.
To Heal a Cough
TJn BATES' HEALIKa HONET. S5o per bottle.
SENATORS MOVE
FOR COMPROMISE
ON PEACETREATY
Mild Reservation Republicans
Notify -Lodge Time. Has
Come to Part Company
With Foes of Pact.
Washington, Dec. 26. Dissati?f cd
with the progress made toward so
lution of the peace, treaty tangle,
senators of both political parties
moved today to bring greater pres
sure on their party leaders f-r a
compromise to insure ratification
promptly on the' reassembling of
congress early in January.
The mild reservation group of re
publicans, notifying their party
leader, Senator Lodge of Massachu
setts, that in their opinion the time
has come to part company with the
irreconcilable foes of the treaty, de
clared that unless compromise ne
gotiations got more wholehearted
support from- the republican side,
they were preparing to act inde
pendently for an agreement with
the democrats.
Among the democrats the move
ment was not so well defined, but
criticism of the course of President
Wilson and Senator Hitchcock of
Nebraska, the ' acting democratic
leader, reached proportions which
some predicted soon would be given
tangible form. One prominent
democratic senator was said to have
told the republicans that more than
30 of the 47 on that side would join
a movement to ratify the treaty at
once on the best terms they could
get.
Situation Complicated.
In the democratic ranks the trelty
situation is complicated by the con
test between Senators Hitchcock and
Underwood for choice as party lead
er, much of the talk for a bi-partisan
agreement coming from the Under
wood supporters. The party cau
cus has been called for January 15
to elect a leader, and in the mean
time republicans and democrats ap
parently are doubtful as to who can
speak with authority on the demo
cratic side.
Senator Hitchcock repeatedly has
declared his willingness to make
any compromise which does not vit
ally harm the treaty, but has indicat
ed that he expects the next move to
come from the republican side. Sen
ator Lodge also said he would not
oppose a compromise so long as the
foreign relations committee reserva
tions are not vitally impaired, though
"Black Jack" Spends Quiet. Christmas
After, Rousing Reception at Lincoln
MEXICANS TRIED
TO HIDE FACTS
ABOUT MURDERS
Hearings Into Killing of U. S
Airmen Across Border
Start at 1 Paso.
Lincoln, Neb., Dec. 26. (Special.)
As General Pershing alighted
from his special car here Wednes
day for a holiday visit with his sis
ters and son, cheering crowds hailed
the war chief with the;greatest pub
lic demonstration ever seen in the
state's capital city.
In the automobile avhich bore the
general from the railroad station to
the Butler home, also rode Gover
nor McKelvie, Mayor Miller of Lin
coln and "Sergt." Warren Pershing,
the general's sun.
Harold McGlasson, quarterback
of the University of Nebraska foot
ball team, who served as lieutenant
in France, drove thenar bearing the
general. .
Christmas was spent quietly by
the pencral and his Immediate fam
ily at the home of his sister, Mrs.
D. H. Butler.
he considered that the next move is
up to the democrats.
Should Be No Formality.
It is with this situation that the
bi-partisan move is calculated to
deal, its supporters declaring neith
er side should stand upon formality
but should earnestly try to ratify at
once. The strength of the move
ment could not be estimated tonight,
but it was suggested that even if
it could not muster the necessary
two-thirds to ratify at first, it might
get a majority which could bring
the treaty again before the senate
and center public interest upon it
and upon such compromise reserva
tions as might be agreed to.
So the immediate compromise ad
vocates predicted success for their
enterprise, Senator Hitchcock ex
pressed confidence that his own
compromise plan would win out.
Postoffice Changes.
Washington, Dec. 26. (Special Tele
gram.) Postmasters appointed: Lola
Fisher, at Dickens, Lincoln county, Ne
braska, vice John Glides, resigned : Ernest
C. Alpers, at Knoke, Calhoun county, Iowa,
vice Martin weison, resigned.
Mexican Doctors Puzzled
Over Woman's Long Sleep
Douglas, Ariz., Deo. 26. Mexican
physicians are marvelling at the pro
longed slumber of Mrs. Innocencia
Gobarruvia, aged 48, resident of the
city of Vera Cruz, who for 22 days
has been in a trance. Efforts to
arouse her .have failed. As far as
known she has taken o sustenance.
On the 22d day, while a consulta
tion of physicians from various
parts of Mexico, who had gathered
to discuss her case, was in progress,
the woman opened her eyes and
moved her lips, but again lapsed
into a cataleptic state. Mrs. Go
barruvia's present condition fol
lowed a violent quarrel with her son.
' Much Liquor Seized.
Juarez, Mexico, Dec. 26. Fourteen
cases of wood alcoh'al, 38 gallons of
whisky, 30 quarts of Tequila, three
bottles of champagne and two gal
lons of other liquor were seized by
fiscal guards of the Mexican side
of the international line near here.
Three Mexicans "were arrested. All
were armed. ,
U. S. to SeD German
Ships to Be Sailed
Under U. S. Flag
Washington, Dec! 26. The ship
ping board ha 5 under consideration
the sale of ali former German pas
senger ships with the stipulation
that the vessels be run under the
American flag.
, These vessels which were taken
over by , the government during the
war total 103, aggregating approx
imately 250,000 deadweight tons.
The six ex-German liners held by
the shipping board pending the final
determination of their status are not
included ' among the vessels which
may be offered for sale.
While no announcement has len
made by the board of a change in
policy with regard to the present
program for the establishment of a
passenger line to all parts ot the
world, officials freely discussed the
possibility of the board's abandon
ing passenger service.
El Paso, Dec. 26. Mexican offi
cials sought to repress facts con
cerning the murder of American tvi
htors, , Lieuts. Cecil Connolly and
Frederick Watfrhouse, whose bodies
were found buried in the sand on
the Baya De Los Angeles, Lower
California, according to testimony at
a hearing here Friday.
, The testimony was given' by Joe
Allen of Chicago, the American, who
discovered the bodies September 2,1,
last. The hearing was conducted by
Maj. Dan M. Jackson of El Paso,
secretary of the senate subcommittee
investigating Mexican affairs. The
subcommittee will formally open its
hearings on the border next month
at San Antonio. None of the com
mittee members was present Friday.
Richards testified to finding the
bodies when he landed from a Mex
ican steamer to get water. He said
the captain of the steamer warned
him not to make public his discovery
and1 that later he was arrested at
Santa Rosalie on September 25, be
cause he had not kept his discovery
to himself.
According to Richards' testimony.
Connelly was stabbed to death and
Waterhouse evidently died from a
broken skull caused by impact from
a heavy iron bar found near the
bodies Richards accompanied 1 the"
expedition on the United States de
stroyer Ward, which received the
bodies.
"Republic of Ireland" !
Recognition by U. S
In 1920 Is Predicted
New York, Dec. 26. A prediction
that 1920 may see the recognition of
the "republic of Ireland" by the
United States was contained in a
New Year's message cabiefj to Ar
thur Griffith, "acting president," by
Eamon de Valera. ,The message fol
lows: f.
"Greetings to the persecuted pco
pte of Ireland from the many mil
lions of Americans who love liberty
and admire people everywhere who
will not be denied liberty. Endure
yet a little while,. You will be sus
tained. The year 1920 may see the
republic of Ireland officially recog
nized by the United States and then
final victory after 750 years. Work
and pray. We send our regards to
every Irish citizen."
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